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Guizhou Province Regional Tea Sampler
(Total 90g, 18 x 5g sessions)
The Sampler
Single-sourced teas directly from a forest preserve, it’s Guizhou province in a teacup!
This sampler features 18 individual packs of four different loose-leaf teas, direct from Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) in Fenggang County, Guizhou.
The sampler contains:
Red Pearl Red Tea (6 sessions)
Sweet, honey notes float above all else in this easy-drinking, super crisp everyday tea.
Jade Pearl Green Tea (6 sessions)
Gorgeous spring green tea made from the same leaves as the red pearl, it is crisp, grassy, and umami with a rich jade tea color and smooth mouthfeel.
Red Peony Premium Red Tea (4 sessions)
It’s a floral bomb! The tea’s personality is found in its lovely, rich floral scent, sweet taste, and smooth mouth feel. This fragrant tea varietal is a distinct experience.
Mao Hongyi’s Gold Medal Red Tea (2 sessions)
Mao Hongyi is the master tea processor for all the teas in our sampler, and this is his prize-winning red tea, named best red tea in Fenggang County.
Bud-only, hand-picked tea leaves are graded and selected by Mao Laoshi. These leaves are fermented and heat-treated to perfection, balancing honey sweetness, fragrance, and malty richness. It’s got another gear to it!
About Guizhou Province & The Tea
Guizhou is one of the most geographically isolated parts of China, as its high mountains and winding valleys make travel beautiful, but difficult.
Guizhou is famous for Maotai liquor, China’s most esteemed Baijiu (rice liquor). The spirit is distilled in Guizhou because of the pristine sources of pure water, unpolluted by industry or large population centers. This same water makes Guizhou’s agricultural products – including tea! – famous all around China.
Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain): A Tea Mountain Time Machine
Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) is located in an isolated corner of Fenggang Country, Guizhou. The terrain and lack of roads meant that
This isolation meant that in the 1990s, our tea farmer partners were able to preserve an enormous swath of land deep in the forest. They planted tea trees and traditional Chinese medicines, and let them grow without pesticide or pollution, working with local villagers to harvest the leaves once per year in the spring.
The result is a “tea mountain time machine” - the land is even accredited as meeting the Rainforest Alliance’s Sustainable Agricultural Standard. This title is only given if the state of the land is tested scientifically and believed to be as pristine and biodiverse as it would have been 100 years ago.
Three years ago, a new highway opened up connecting Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) to Zunyi, cutting travel time to the closest regional airport from nine hours to three hours. In the past few years since the highway opened, our tea farmer partners have built infrastructure to connect the tea farms to the rest of the country and the world!
We have the honor of being the first Western tea company to share these teas - enjoy a sip of the amazing nature!
Jesse Says:
As the teahouse has grown, I’ve thought a lot about where I can truly add the most value, both to our tea customers, but also to our tea farmers.
I decided that helping share tea from places like Guizhou - well known in China for producing high-quality tea in pristine natural conditions, but almost completely unknown in the West - was a win-win-win situation.
The first win is for our customers, who can get tea that punches above its weight in quality and cleanliness, but without paying for “brand name” tea regions that raise the price in the China market.
The second win is for our farmers, who lack any way of selling directly to Western customers and need to fight to explain where their tea is from since very few have heard of their home.
The third win is for me, since I get to go to Guizhou and experience the amazing nature, food, culture, and tea from this fantastic region. Places like Guizhou – wild mountains, fresh food, and diverse ethnic cultures – are my favorite places in China.
This is the first in what I hope to be a series of province-themed tea samplers. I hope you enjoy!
Jesse and the JTH team sourcing tea in Guizhou
Guizhou Culture, Butterfly Mother, And Our Sampler’s Art
Guizhou is one of the most ethnically diverse places in China, with 40 non-Han ethnic minority groups representing 37% of the population. Notable communities of Miao, Dong, Tujia, and Yi people live amongst the many hills and valleys of the province.
The art on the front of our box features Butterfly Mother (蝴蝶妈妈 in Mandarin), who is a progenitor deity of the Miao people - the mother of all life.
You can learn more about Guizhou from our Guizhou blog post!
Get The Individual Teas Too!
Want more of your favorites? These teas are all available in 50g individual sizes as well.
NOT JUST TEA, TEA CULTURE
Jesse believes the key to making good tea is to help his Chinese tea friends share not just their best teas, but the best ways to make the teas.
That's why each box comes also comes with an info card that tells you:
- Tea Origin
- Steep Temperature
- Steep Time
- Directions for both teapot steeping and gaiwan steeping
All Jesse’s Teahouse Tea Friends (that’s you now!) also get access to private YouTube videos where Jesse and his Chinese tea friends show you how to make the teas and explain the tea-making process.
The links are on QR codes on the back of the info card included in the tea box.
Don't Forget Your Tea Pets!
In Chinese Gongfu Tea Tradition, Tea Pets accompany you at teatime and you "raise" them by feeding them tea! Don't forget to check the tea pet page before you go!
Guizhou Province Regional Tea Sampler
(Total 90g, 18 x 5g sessions)
The Sampler
Single-sourced teas directly from a forest preserve, it’s Guizhou province in a teacup!
This sampler features 18 individual packs of four different loose-leaf teas, direct from Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) in Fenggang County, Guizhou.
The sampler contains:
Red Pearl Red Tea (6 sessions)
Sweet, honey notes float above all else in this easy-drinking, super crisp everyday tea.
Jade Pearl Green Tea (6 sessions)
Gorgeous spring green tea made from the same leaves as the red pearl, it is crisp, grassy, and umami with a rich jade tea color and smooth mouthfeel.
Red Peony Premium Red Tea (4 sessions)
It’s a floral bomb! The tea’s personality is found in its lovely, rich floral scent, sweet taste, and smooth mouth feel. This fragrant tea varietal is a distinct experience.
Mao Hongyi’s Gold Medal Red Tea (2 sessions)
Mao Hongyi is the master tea processor for all the teas in our sampler, and this is his prize-winning red tea, named best red tea in Fenggang County.
Bud-only, hand-picked tea leaves are graded and selected by Mao Laoshi. These leaves are fermented and heat-treated to perfection, balancing honey sweetness, fragrance, and malty richness. It’s got another gear to it!
About Guizhou Province & The Tea
Guizhou is one of the most geographically isolated parts of China, as its high mountains and winding valleys make travel beautiful, but difficult.
Guizhou is famous for Maotai liquor, China’s most esteemed Baijiu (rice liquor). The spirit is distilled in Guizhou because of the pristine sources of pure water, unpolluted by industry or large population centers. This same water makes Guizhou’s agricultural products – including tea! – famous all around China.
Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain): A Tea Mountain Time Machine
Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) is located in an isolated corner of Fenggang Country, Guizhou. The terrain and lack of roads meant that
This isolation meant that in the 1990s, our tea farmer partners were able to preserve an enormous swath of land deep in the forest. They planted tea trees and traditional Chinese medicines, and let them grow without pesticide or pollution, working with local villagers to harvest the leaves once per year in the spring.
The result is a “tea mountain time machine” - the land is even accredited as meeting the Rainforest Alliance’s Sustainable Agricultural Standard. This title is only given if the state of the land is tested scientifically and believed to be as pristine and biodiverse as it would have been 100 years ago.
Three years ago, a new highway opened up connecting Cha Shou Shan (Tea Longevity Mountain) to Zunyi, cutting travel time to the closest regional airport from nine hours to three hours. In the past few years since the highway opened, our tea farmer partners have built infrastructure to connect the tea farms to the rest of the country and the world!
We have the honor of being the first Western tea company to share these teas - enjoy a sip of the amazing nature!
Jesse Says:
As the teahouse has grown, I’ve thought a lot about where I can truly add the most value, both to our tea customers, but also to our tea farmers.
I decided that helping share tea from places like Guizhou - well known in China for producing high-quality tea in pristine natural conditions, but almost completely unknown in the West - was a win-win-win situation.
The first win is for our customers, who can get tea that punches above its weight in quality and cleanliness, but without paying for “brand name” tea regions that raise the price in the China market.
The second win is for our farmers, who lack any way of selling directly to Western customers and need to fight to explain where their tea is from since very few have heard of their home.
The third win is for me, since I get to go to Guizhou and experience the amazing nature, food, culture, and tea from this fantastic region. Places like Guizhou – wild mountains, fresh food, and diverse ethnic cultures – are my favorite places in China.
This is the first in what I hope to be a series of province-themed tea samplers. I hope you enjoy!
Jesse and the JTH team sourcing tea in Guizhou
Guizhou Culture, Butterfly Mother, And Our Sampler’s Art
Guizhou is one of the most ethnically diverse places in China, with 40 non-Han ethnic minority groups representing 37% of the population. Notable communities of Miao, Dong, Tujia, and Yi people live amongst the many hills and valleys of the province.
The art on the front of our box features Butterfly Mother (蝴蝶妈妈 in Mandarin), who is a progenitor deity of the Miao people - the mother of all life.
You can learn more about Guizhou from our Guizhou blog post!
Get The Individual Teas Too!
Want more of your favorites? These teas are all available in 50g individual sizes as well.
NOT JUST TEA, TEA CULTURE
Jesse believes the key to making good tea is to help his Chinese tea friends share not just their best teas, but the best ways to make the teas.
That's why each box comes also comes with an info card that tells you:
- Tea Origin
- Steep Temperature
- Steep Time
- Directions for both teapot steeping and gaiwan steeping
All Jesse’s Teahouse Tea Friends (that’s you now!) also get access to private YouTube videos where Jesse and his Chinese tea friends show you how to make the teas and explain the tea-making process.
The links are on QR codes on the back of the info card included in the tea box.
Don't Forget Your Tea Pets!
In Chinese Gongfu Tea Tradition, Tea Pets accompany you at teatime and you "raise" them by feeding them tea! Don't forget to check the tea pet page before you go!
